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  UA unveils copper football helmets

  

  Posted 10:57 PM 5/23/2012

  A cosmetic change is on the way this fall for the Arizona Football team.

  The Wildcats have added a copper helmet to their uniform rotation.

  UA athletic director Greg Byrne announced the change in his weekly "Wildcat Wednesday" email to fans. Byrne noted, "Copper is not only (More)

  
  

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  FC Tucson tops Phoenix

  

  Posted 9:55 PM 5/23/2012

  Tucson - FC Tucson scored very early, and then often in a 4-2 win over National Premier Soccer League side Phoenix Monsoon, in front of 403 fans at Field #5. And unlike in previous matches, FC Tucson scored ugly. "It was good to see us score some not-so-fantastic goals," (More)

  
  

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  Kings eliminate Coyotes

  

  Posted 10:23 PM 5/22/2012

  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) Dustin Penner scored 17:42 into overtime and the Los Angeles Kings are headed to the Stanley Cup finals for the second time as a franchise after beating the Phoenix Coyotes with a 4-3 win in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals Tuesday night.

  Penner gathered a (More)

  
  

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  Cats Off to Super Regionals With 8-3 Win

  

  Posted 10:59 PM 5/20/2012

  TUCSON--Arizona (38-17) socked 14 hits to beat Notre Dame (40-16), 8-3, to win the NCAA Softball Championships regional here and earn a trip to Norm an, Okla., for a Super Regional against the Oklahoma Sooners next weekend.

  Shelby Babcock (21-9) gave up seven hits, walked one and struck out (More)

  
  

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  I'll Have Another Takes Another

  

  Posted 3:35 PM 5/19/2012

  BALTIMORE (AP) -- I'll Have Another overtook Bodemeister down the stretch to win the Preakness and keep alive his hopes of winning the Triple Crown.

  In a race that was a virtual repeat of the Kentucky Derby, I'll Have Another raced from behind Saturday to beat pace-setter Bodemeister, who (More)

  
  

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  Tonight on News 4 Tucson Sports-The Preakness

  

  Posted 7:00 AM 5/19/2012

  BALTIMORE (AP) No one is loving the run up to Saturday's Preakness more than Doug O'Neill.

  The trainer of Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another has spent nearly two weeks in Baltimore, hanging with Ravens coach John Harbaugh, throwing out the first ball at an Orioles game, and hammering (More)

  
  

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  Cats Take NCAA Opener in Five, 11-0

  

  Posted 9:35 PM 5/18/2012

  TUCSON--Region top-seed Arizona used a big inning to beat North Dakota State, 11-0, in first-round action of the NCAA Softball Championship regional Friday evening and move on in the Tucson winner's bracket.

  The Cats made the most of five hits in the five-inning game, two of them by senior (More)

  
  

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  Local Olympic hopeful Amanda Beard

  

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  Posted 3:06 PM 5/18/2012

  TUCSON - She's only 30 years old but Amanda Beard has experienced a lifetime of ups and downs.

  Currently she's training in Tucson to go where very swimmers have gone before-to a fifth Olympic Games.

  Click on the video to see Ryan Recker's profile of Amanda.

   

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  Local Olympic hopeful Jill Camarena-Williams

  

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  Posted 11:40 AM 5/17/2012

  When most think of the shot put, they think of it as an individual sport. But for Tucson's Jill Camarena-Williams, one of the best in the world, you could say that the shot put is a team sport.

  Click on the video to watch News 4 Tucson's Ryan Recker profile Jill.

   

   

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  UA Baseball crushes ASU, 10-2

  

  Posted 10:45 PM 5/16/2012

  TEMPE - Mathew Troupe tossed five shutout innings in his first collegiate start and Bobby Brown homered and drove in three runs as No. 14 Arizona downed No. 18 Arizona State, 10-2, in a non-conference contest between the two rivals on Wednesday evening at Packard Stadium.

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